The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-02-25
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Oats and corn mixed In equal
weight make a good ration for fatten-
ing, especially young sheep Troy
Times.
A stock-raiser found that by chang
ing from soft to hard water many bone
diseases were avoided and cures effect
ed by those suffering from horn brittle
ness owing to the mineral matter ex-
isting in the hard water.
Corn is often ruined for seed in the
shock, or in the barn after it is got in
and before husking, if the latter be de-
layed even week. The dampness IA
vors the growth of minute molds and
fungi that kill the germ. Such corn,
though apparently sound, has dull
look.-AI6any Journal.
--Waffies Take three pints of milk,
one tablespoon of butter, put together
on the stove until the butter melts, add
five well-beaten eggs, one teaspoon of
salt, two tablespoons yeast, and three
pints of flour; let rise three hours, and
bake in well-greased waff1e-irons.-
Good Housekeeping.
For distemper in horses an expe-
rlenced horseman has found a treat
ment of quinine most efficacious. For
a light attack he gives about fifteen or
twenty grains daily; where there is
much fever he gives the dose twice a
day. Get the quinine from reliable
druggist who will sell only the best.
Soft Candy = One pound good
brown sugar, three tablespoonfuls of
water; while boiling, add quarter of a
pound of butter. Boil until thick and
ropy, then take it from the fire and
stir until it grains. Pour on buttered
plates and let it cool. Nuts put in
while stirring improve it very much
Ecchaaage.
In reply to an inquiry of Orchard
and Garden with regard to the best
time to prune grape-vines, three prac-
teal vineyardists say that they see no
difference between fall, winter and
spring pruning. They all agree that
it does not injure the vine to prune
when the wood is frozen, if care is
taken not to break the wood that is
left by bending the canes.
An apiarist of considerable expert
ence says he is fully convinced that
bacteria, or foul breed, never attacks
the Larvae of the honey bee except when
the Larvae are weakened or i'll from
some other cause, and that tli6re is no
remedy known that will benefit col
ony of bees afflicted with this disease,
unless it be accompanied by good
healthy food. In fact, the food is all
that is necessary Western Ra1rdJ.
Butter needs only all the strong
brine it will absorb while in the granu-
lar stage to give it keeping properties.
When free of buttermilk-as it may be
if it is washed out-a coating of liquid
salt about each little globule is all that
that can ever be done in the way of
salt adding to the keeping of butter.
Then this brine will also fill al the
minute spaces between the globules
and keep out the air Prairie Farmer.
Farmers Fruit Cake-Soak three
cups of dried apples over night in
warm water; chop slightly in the morn
ing, and then simmer two hours or
more in two cups of molasses until APP
Piles resemble citron. Make cake of
two eggs, one cup sugar, one cup
sweet milk, three-fourths cup butter,
one and half teaspoons soda, flour to
make rather thick batter spice in
plenty, put in the apples and bake in a
quick oven. This is very nice.-The
Caterer.